State, Local Law Enforcement Struggle to Keep Up as Online Cases Grow; FBI Lends a Hand in Utah

When cybercriminals stole $2.5 million from the state of Utah in 2009, authorities got most of the money back—but never could find their man.

The money was wired to a bank account in Texas, officials said, as a step before an attempt to move it overseas. Utah authorities managed to freeze much of the funding in the U.S., but couldn't figure out how the state agency got hacked and by whom, officials said. At one point, state...